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Babies in Paris

My mom also sent us some photos of our family in Paris, right after my sister and I were born. I totally adore this breastfeeding photo, it looks so tender and made me a little teary. Here are more photos from Paris...And I'm also amazed that her clothes look so current!You can see Versailles in the background...My mom delivered us by C-section at the American Hospital of Paris and stayed for a whopping ten days afterwards to rest. My mom also said the hospital food was amazing, including slices of Camembert.The view from the Eiffel Tower...I really loved looking through these; thank you so much, Mama! It was the best birthday present.

Thanks so much for sharing these photos today (and yesterday!). I'm a mom of twin girls myself (they'll be 4 in April) and I thought the photos and stories were so beautiful and touching. Your mom is gorgeous and I love love love that mouse with the two baby mice!

I agree that you all look so alike! That first photo is absolutely fantastic - from the wallpaper, to the mouse and phone - perfect! I also love the shot where one of you is peering over the bridge :) Adorable!

Gorgeous photos. Can't believe how stylish and current the wallpaper and your Mom's clothes look. What amazing memories and images to tell the story. A baby and a baguette could there be anything cuter? xo Trina

AHH I LOVE THESE! I adore nothing more than old photos of my family, it is such a wonderful little peek into where I came from, and who they were at my age. That is one beautiful pram that your Dad is pushing in the last photo! I wish we had room for one in our tiny little house, but there's just not a place to put one.You're right, her clothes do look very current. I feel the same way when I see old photos of my Mom. It is so inspiring to reevaluate the way I dress and to pick pieces that I know will still look timeless and beautiful in 30 years when my little ones are looking at old pictures of my husband and I.

These are so great, Joanna! Thank you for posting them. Although I'm sure it was so much more self-rewarding to you to just be able to take this trip down memory lane.

Joanna, do you know how long your mother breastfed you both? My aunt is pregnant with twins and is afraid she won't be able to handle breastfeeding them (although she loved bf her first child). I'd like to send her this for inspiration! Thanks so much!

Oh I have so enjoyed these last two posts. So beautiful and heartwarming. It looks like you had such a warm and loving environment to grow up in...I love the picture of them 'wearing' you and your sis on their backs! What cool and attractive parents you have too Joanna! Precious precious precious! :)

Oh how gorgeous, your mother is so naturally stylish - and she looks sooo young. Love her jeans...and her hair. Also amazing they took so many pictures. My parents have about 10 pics total from all our years - mind you I am way older than you!

What a gift, to have not only the photographs of your childhood, but having your mom fill in the details!...*sigh*...I'm a little jealous! I think I must have been hatched from an egg or something!! ^_^

Your mom is unbelievably stylish and timeless - doesn't hurt to have that Parisian influence! And that baguette photo is just too much. These give me hope that raising a child in another country is possible. Maybe some day... Thanks for sharing!

Also, it seems wallpaper on the walls AND ceiling has been a trend for a while - the original wallpaper for my 1880's farmhouse is on both! (and has been painted over SEVERAL times by previous owners... awful)

Oh man, these are precious. Don't you just love old photos! I love to go through my parent's photo collection from when they were first married and had me. The clothing always cracks me up, and makes me a bit jealous that my mom didn't hang on to more of her awesome 70's/80's wardrobe.

Do you know what books your mom (or dad) was reading in the first photo? I can't quite tell. I don't recognize it but I'm wondering if it was a lesser known 'Dr. Spock' type book or a 'What to Expect'.

What an amazing place to grow up for the first few months/days of your life! Such cool photos too. The shoes, the styles. That says something about trying to wear what is classic, it will always look good years later.

I am an old friend of your parents' who follows your blog. Oh my, how the baby photos of you and Lucy brought back memories of those seventies years!! Your mom and dad were absolutely totally hip and happy with your babyhood. I love your blog because your writing reminds me so much of your dad's writing. You, your sister and your brother are so much the children of Jeremy and Jean...smart, creative, fun and full of love for the world. Thanks for sharing so much of yourself.

You look just like your mom! I especially see in the expressions on your faces when you hold your children-you both look like you'd rather be nowhere else in the world than pouring love into your little ones. Looks like she rubbed off well:)

Gorgeous photos. I personally would have freaked out if I found out I was carrying twins - your mom looks like she did it with grace. My mom is a twin and I grew up thinking it must be an awesome way to live your life. Really, two must be double the fun.

These are simply beautiful! You're right, the clothes do look so modern; what dates these photos is your father's haircut! In the last photo, it looks like the background people are doing stretches of some sort, so funny.

{My favorite is the one of you, or your sister, eating the baguette! So Parisian!}

My two year old twins love jumping off the sides of flower beds in San Diego just like the photo of you walking on them:) It's so amazing no matter time in history or place of residence toddlers will always be the same! Lovely photos- thanks for sharing!

i love your sweet and so in love parents, your moms chic style and beauty, you darling girls, that wallpaper! that pram! just everything. how wonderful that your mom shared all this with you and that you have shared it with us!

your little baby will definitely have similar photos of his chic parents to share when he is grown up.

these are great to see! we lived abroad for a year in the Middle East a couple years ago when my daughter was 1.5 - 2.5 years old. I hope she loves to see her little self all the way across the world when she sees them as an adult.

jo, these photos are amazing.what a way to come into the world, in paris. makes me really think about the upbringing i'd want to give my kids...and how cool yours was.i love the matching blue jackets!!

beautiful photos!! and your mom *does* look very current!!my aunt gave birth in France and she too had a long hospital stay- 8 days! and she told me how each afternoon she would get tea and biscuts :)makes me want to have all my future babies in france!!

On another note:Can you post a cutesy Valentines Day gift guide like you do for the holidays?I'm looking for something sweet and creative for my boyfriend (who lives in NYC) and I think you're just the person to ask!

Thanks for sharing these personal photos with us. The love the contrast between the one of you and your sis lying on the bed with no clothes on and the following photo where you are all wrapped up in a snow suit! Adorable. I can't imagine what it must be like to have twins. Double special, I guess! xx

How sweet! I love your mom's clothes, too. I have a photo of my mom on my fridge, with me in a baby carriage, and she is wearing the most gorgeous pair of brown boots and hip sunglasses. I wish I had them now!